Dissecting Quotes #4

         This is the fourth edition of the series "Dissecting Quotes", where I choose a quote and briefly describe what I think the quote means and how to apply it to our everyday lives. I hope the insight a high schooler can provide can help brighten a day or get you thinking.

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."  

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

         Life is a struggle. I have been alive for a short while compared to most, and while I have it easy, I can tell how hard life is. Sometimes the best way to learn is to make mistakes. Experimenting makes mistakes easier than any other way I know. In this quote, Emerson says, "All life is an experiment," which shows and proves the point that life is a learning process. The second part of the quote, however, explains the application of this quote, saying, "The more experiments you make the better." This, to me, sums it all up. With mistakes and failures, we can learn and not repeat what we have done before. Experimenting can be a good thing, if it is not misused or taken advantage of. We all should learn from this quote that we as humans are going to make mistakes, it is inevitable. The ones who succeed, however, are the ones who get right back up and learn.